I had to work on him to ensure his injury isn’t aggravated. It will make them sharp in studies as well. He has been working on U Wholesale Ice cleats Mumba’s fitness to ensure raiders like Abhishek Singh go full throttle and defenders like Fazel Atrachali pounce fast for ankle holds."Siddharth played with strappings but towards the end he had scare using his left hand. In Australia and New Zealand they play touch rugby in schools which makes them fitter and stronger," he reasoned. It is a sport where power, strength, endurance and fitness should be top level and also player needs to be mentally sharp.Dwelling on Siddharth’a injury who struggled last season after making a great start but still kept earning points before his performance faded towards the end of the season. Although Surinder is fit now but Abhishek is still struggling a bit. "Kabaddi is cheap and kids can play Kabaddi in schools. It is always important to ensure players injury isn’t aggravated while making him play," said Ashai who had worked with Bengal Warriors in Season-5 and famously worked on Jang Kun Lee to keep him fit despite surgery recommendations from Korean doctors.This season has also been full of challenges to Ashai with injuries to U Mumba star raider Abhishek Singh, Surinder Singh and Navneet.The Kandivali based Physiotherapist who has his clinics spread across the city advocated introduction of Kabaddi in every school. Navneet is also undergoing rehab," said Ashai."Kabaddi and Rugby is very challenging as you have to make quick decisions during the game while assessing players injury.He also advised kids to avoid Crockett shoes.Sports Physiotherapist Aijaz who worked on Siddharth Desai’s shoulder injury last season, has been kept busy this season also  to work on injuries and keep players fitter. Rohit Baliyan also had ankle injury, so I had been called midway through the season to work especially on those two players," added Ashai who is head physio for U Mumba owners U Sports in their other sports teams as well -Table Tennis, football and Volley Ball. But in sports like Kabaddi and Rugby players have strong muscle build up so injuries take less time to heal compared to other sports," he said.

To work on players’ fitness, to heal their injuries in time and make quick decisions during the game in a contact sport where injuries can happen any moment have enabled players to give their best in this fast paced game. "Abhishek has a shoulder injury and Surinder had a back injury."Raiders are prone to ligament injuries so it takes times while defenders suffer contact injuries. But we kept working on him before the surgery to keep him fit and he went for surgery while being part of the franchise. "They are broad from front and tight at back which puts pressure on feet and makes them flat which minimises speed during running," he said.For U Mumba Aijaz Ashai has been doing the job since last season. The experienced sports physiotherapist who has been with Mumbai and Delhi Ranji team in the past and worked with Indian Rugby team for almost a decade, was called midway last season by U Mumba after shoulder injury to star raider Siddharth Desai and ankle injury to Rohit Baliyan."He had shoulder injury and was suggested surgery but given his importance he was given the security to go for surgery after the League. He was not able to move in full range which affected his performance a bit.Sports physiotherapists have played a crucial role in the success of ProKabaddi League. If kids are fit enough to play Kabaddi they can play any sports.

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